Chantel Doran

BSW, MSW, RSW

(Pronouns: she/her)

Therapist / Professional Trainer

Registered Social Worker (RSW Registration #536)

 

Chantel Doran has been a Registered Social Worker in Prince Edward Island, Canada for 10+ years. She obtained an Honors Bachelor of Social Work degree from Lakehead University and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Waterloo.

Chantel uses evidence-based and person-centered interventions in her clinical practice, particularly Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectal Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and the Unified Protocol (UP).

Some key areas that she specializes in are anxiety, depression, trauma, peer relationships, self-esteem building, emotional regulation, grief/loss, behaviour support, and establishing healthy boundaries. Chantel’s focus is to empower individuals to implement change and lifelong learning into their daily lives. 

Chantel has a passion for working with individuals with neurodiversity and differing abilities, and has always tried to make this population a priority in her work.

Chantel has 10 years of experience as a direct-support professional, working front-line with adults with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder, and continues to provide therapeutic service to school-aged children/teens with differing abilities and neurodiversity in a clinical role. 

Chantel works with both school-aged children with complex needs and their parents, and adults with complex needs.

Chantel resides in Prince Edward Island with her two children and husband. Her husband is a co-founder of a non-profit day program for adults with intellectual disabilities called TAJ Day-Program. This immensely illuminated the lack of specialized therapeutic services directed at this specific adult population, and inspired Chantel to make this the focus of her private therapy practice, which is her passion.

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Why Get Help?

 You may benefit from working with Your Life Design Inc. if:

You are holding it all together, but are feeling completely overwhelmed

You feel that all you do is work, and not feeling your best.

You look happy on the outside, but feeling terrible on the inside, and just going through the motions

You are feeling like you race from one thing to the next, and are not really enjoying life

You have experienced sad things in your life, that you think are affecting you

You feel resentment about things that have happened. You want to get “better”, instead of “bitter.” You are becoming someone you don’t want to be as a result of what life has thrown at you

You feel like you are always giving to others, but don’t know how to take care of yourself

You have relationship issues with others, and never seem to get what you need or want

You do a lot of good, but not feeling good

You are currently living feeling stressed and fearful, with feelings of no control

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